| 释义 |
intoximeter orig. U.S.|ɪnˈtɒksɪmiːtə(r)|
Also Intoximeter.
[f. intoxication + -meter.]
A device for measuring the alcohol content of a person's breath, esp. in cases of suspected drunken driving.
Orig. a proprietary name in the U.S.
1950Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 1 Aug. 28/2 Intoximeter. For apparatus for determining the alcohol–carbon dioxide ratio in the alveolar air of a person... Claims use since June 22, 1946. 1955[see drunkometer]. 1983Times 20 Apr. 4/1 One of the machines, the Lion Intoximeter 3000..resembles a standard microcomputer, with keyboard, plus a bottle containing a measured solution of alcohol, through which the breath sample passes. Ibid. 16 Sept. 3/1 The intoximeters, as they are called, were introduced on May 6. 1984Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 19/8 One of four intoximeters tested by the Government before the device was introduced for detecting drink-drivers was faulty. |